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1) Do you, or should you deadlift more than once per week?
2) Is squatting about every 5 days enough on this style of lifting?

My choice would be to squat twice a week, and deadlift once a week...so structure A. I think a beginner to early intermediate could handle deadlifting twice a week, but in the end I would rather see a great squat frequency.

With that said, I like both structures enough to think they are viable.

I have done a split like this once before. It will wear you out fast. Just selection A will work. If training MWF you could consider Squats MW and Deads on Friday. That set up would give two days rest before you return to squats.

Personally, I squat MWF. I either lighten up on DL day or I do a different variation of the squat to hit the muscles a little differently. Since I do not do these variations often, the weights are naturally lighter.

A beginner can handle squatting AND deadlifting in every single session. Remember, for a starting weight for deadlift we're only talking 135lbs. Unless you are under 100lbs or infirm that's not going to really smash you the way it will later at 225 or 315lbs.

As I wrote above, I frequently have my clients squat and deadlift in the same session, and twice a week. They do alright, and increase the weights each session or week. Again, once they hit SQ100% and DL125% or so, it'll be harder for them to SQ+DL in each session, and anyway they'll be well-practiced at the movements and ready for more.

However, if you for some reason will or can do only squat or deadlift in a session, I would have more squatting than deadlifting - only because SQ has a lot of carryover to DL, but DL much less carryover to SQ. Their DL will get stronger with lots of squatting, but their squat won't get much stronger with lots of deadlifting.

__________________Athletic Club East - curing iron deficiency
Current trainees' best lifts: ♀ 130/72.5/160 at 68kg, ♂ 220/120/235 at 106kg

A beginner can handle squatting AND deadlifting in every single session. Remember, for a starting weight for deadlift we're only talking 135lbs. Unless you are under 100lbs or infirm that's not going to really smash you the way it will later at 225 or 315lbs.

As I wrote above, I frequently have my clients squat and deadlift in the same session, and twice a week. They do alright, and increase the weights each session or week. Again, once they hit SQ100% and DL125% or so, it'll be harder for them to SQ+DL in each session, and anyway they'll be well-practiced at the movements and ready for more.

However, if you for some reason will or can do only squat or deadlift in a session, I would have more squatting than deadlifting - only because SQ has a lot of carryover to DL, but DL much less carryover to SQ. Their DL will get stronger with lots of squatting, but their squat won't get much stronger with lots of deadlifting.

Interesting points. I particularly like your last paragraph. I do see much more carry over with squats.

As with all benchmarks, it's just a guideline. For example, the other night I found a young woman doing bench press on a swiss ball in a power rack, she had the stated goal of "get strong and stack on muscle." So I ran her through the obvious exercises. At 68kg she can already squat 40kg - could probably do 60kg - and deadlift 80kg, so she's pretty much made the benchmarks but... she has terrible form. Were I training her regularly, I'd want to see good form on SQ/OHP/DL before adding any other exercises.

Then there's Dave, who I've mentioned before in "beginner results". At 66kg or so he did SQ75kg OHP37.5kg DL110kg, but... he's shown no sign of plateauing, and he's not complaining about a lack of variety, so why not milk it some longer?

And we can easily imagine some people would need more variety earlier on.

Have to consider the individual along with the benchmarks. They seem good to me so far, I may change my mind later.

I would observe that those lifts - SQ100% BW, OHP50% and DL125% - are about as much as people can achieve if they have a poor routine (eg bench press on a swiss ball) and if their rest and nutrition aren't very good. You're unlikely to lift more than that doing the usual Bro Routine of bench press, curls and crunches, living on McDs and staying up all night popping e-tabs or playing World of Warcraft. Going beyond those lifts requires proper training, and more or less decent rest and nutrition.

__________________Athletic Club East - curing iron deficiency
Current trainees' best lifts: ♀ 130/72.5/160 at 68kg, ♂ 220/120/235 at 106kg

Right now I think our main goal is just to develop sound templates for various needs, so that we can use them as community reference point when someone asks for a reference point.

So with that stated, I think general guidelines might be a good idea, but caveats are in order.

We would, of course, assist based on specific needs.

Right now the hardest thing for me is that the forum is growing and some of the same questions are getting asked regarding workouts. If we can get some templates with generalized guidelines as references, and we know where they are located, we can dial in a lifter from thank point based on their form, needs, progress, etc.